mississippi river
steamboats
increase business
Canals were the mean of transportation that contributed to the growth of river cities such as Cincinnati.
Steamboats were on the river and barges with goods.
It helped them by giving them fresh water
Great rivers
The use of steamboats on major US rivers soon followed Fulton's success. In 1811 the first in a continuous line of river steamboats left the dock at Pittsburgh to steam down the Ohio River to the Mississippi and on to New Orleans
Canals and Steamboats
Steamboats
Steamboats
Steamboats